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Michelle Lewis’ Christmas list includes a set of LeapFrog books for her first-grade pupils to use — or at least the $424 needed to get a shipment of them to her Hartford classroom.

Gary Petersen, a Wethersfield teacher, is eagerly awaiting a package of globes for his fourth-graders. After that, he would like a supply of Post-it notes his pupils can use to leave “tracks” of their thinking as they read books.

For teachers such as Lewis and Petersen, wish lists that might once have been out of reach — or come out of pocket — are now up for fulfillment from just about anyone who wants to give. Their proposals for classroom materials are among 536 requests Connecticut teachers have made since September through the website DonorsChoose.org, run by a nonprofit aimed at matching teachers with donors.

“It was kind of like winning the lottery,” said Petersen, whose proposal for 10 globes his students can write on, a $788 request, was recently funded by a handful of online donors.

DonorsChoose began in New York City seven years ago and expanded to teachers nationwide in September. Founder Charles Best taught high school in the Bronx and wanted to match teachers with ideas for projects they couldn’t fund with donors who wanted to help schools but were leery of giving money without knowing what their dollars would achieve.

Proposals for materials can submitted through the website by public school teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, coaches or other school employees who work full time and spend at least 75 percent of it with students. Donors — or “citizen philanthropists” in DonorsChoose lingo — can search for projects through the website, which is designed as an amazon.com-like shopping site.

The proposals range from the basic — copy paper or crayons — to larger — digital projectors or moviemaking software. Potential donors can search for certain types of projects, areas, …

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If there are different degrees of elation, Melissa Walbridge figures she probably didn’t reach the top level. But she still felt pretty darned good.
The former Pennsbury volleyball star was standing on the sideline when the final point dropped on Stanford’s side of the net and Penn State’s national championship celebration began.
Walbridge, a senior middle hitter for Penn State, did not get a chance to play in the big Dec. 15 match, which the top-ranked Nittany Lions won in five games to capture the program’s second NCAA Division I title.
“I’m sure it would have felt completely different to have been on the floor and get one of those last blocks or be there just to jump up and down, but winning it, that was just amazing,” Walbridge says. “It was a great feeling, a fantastic feeling.”
It was a rewarding way for Walbridge to end a very challenging season.
A mainstay of the Penn State lineup in her first three years on campus and a second-team All-America selection as a sophomore, Walbridge saw her role diminish this fall with the arrival of freshman phenom Arielle Wilson.
The two players, both of whom stand 6 feet 3, battled for the starting middle spot for much of the season. Walbridge ended up starting 15 of 36 matches and averaged 1.67 kills and 1.21 blocks per game. Wilson started 21 matches and got the bulk of the postseason playing time.
“It was a change,” says Walbridge, who as a junior started all 35 matches and led the Big Ten in hitting percentage (.405). “But I realized that my goal at the beginning of the season was to win a national championship, the same as it was the other three years, and whatever the best lineup to go on the floor was, that’s the one I wanted to be out there.
“At some points in the season, it was me, and at other points, it was And toward the end, she was what we needed, and it worked out.”
That’s not to …

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At 6:30 a.m. Friday, the University of Cincinnati campus was dark, wet and cold.

Taking that into account, as well as the fact that the school is on holiday break, it wouldn’t seem a stretch to assume students would have fled the campus after finals.

Any other day that would be a good wager. Friday was the exception. More than 320 students showed up to take their spot on one of the charter buses headed to Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., to cheer on the Bearcats at the PapaJohns.com Bowl today. The number of buses - six - equals the number of students that went to the International Bowl in Toronto last season.

“In the past, we hadn’t had a good group going to the games, so we thought that this year because of the buzz and excitement we would get a package together that would make it a little more enticing for the students,” said Leslie Wenert, assistant director of marketing and fan development at UC. “But when we did all of the math, we saw that it was going to be well over $100 a person to go. Fortunately, the Alumni Association and Student Affairs pitched in to help keep the cost down, and we’ve gone from having six students interested last year to six buses this year. We’re really excited.”

That help allowed students to get transportation to and from campus, a ticket to the game and lodging at the Marriott Courtyard Birmingham for $55, less than most books they purchase for class.

“With the other bowls, I never heard of them putting anything like this together with a group of students unless you are a part of the RallyCats,” said Alex Schmitz, a fifth-year mechanical engineering student. “I love the Bearcats and go to all of the games. I wanted to go to the bowl game that topped off an amazing season. They organized this and made it easier to go, and at a good price for students.”

The price was too good to pass up for freshmen Phillips and Arielle Demyan.

“We love UC and it was only 55 bucks, so we can afford …

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BELMONT — The Burlingame and Carlmont high school girls basketball teams were basically even for the longest time Friday night. After the first quarter it seemed like the lead changed hands almost every time a basket was scored.
But in the fourth quarter, Burlingame’s senior center and stabilizing influence, Trish Malaspina, went out with a foot injury, and Carlmont went on a 22-8 run for a 61-47 non-league win on Friday.
The game featured a pair of the County’s ranked teams.
Malaspina had 15 rebounds, seven points and a pair of shot blocks when she bowed out, and suddenly Burlingame (5-5) was vulnerable inside. Carlmont (5-2) was able to stay with Burlingame inside, thanks to inspired play from 5-foot-7 senior post Katie Burrell. She pumped in a season-high 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
When Burrell slowed her scoring pace in the second half, another small Carlmont forward, 5-6 Jenna Doyle, took over. She sank 11 of her 13 points after halftime to help spark Carlmont’s big fourth-quarter push. Guard Colleen Goeser also had one of her best games, grabbing seven important rebounds and getting five steals and three assists.
“Our seniors really stepped up for us,” Carlmont coach Irene Oliveira said. “We had a lot of role players play very well tonight. I thought our defense was key. We were able to shut down a lot of their scoring from outside. We’re getting better. We still have a ways to go, but we’re getting better.”
With Burrell Advertisementsinking her first four shots, Carlmont opened with a 9-0 lead. Devon Michaels made sure Burlingame caught up with three 3-pointers in the first quarter. From there, it was a one-field-goal game — until the fourth quarter.
Michaels had a team-high 11 points for Burlingame.
Point guard and defensive standout Lauren Kilburg, just back from an injury, added 10 points and solid for the Scots.
In another matchup featuring ranked County girls teams, Aragon (6-4) outraced Menlo-Atherton (7-3) …

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ID Branding has signed a new direct lease for 13,602 square feet of office space at the Pacific Building, 520 S.W. Yamhill St.

ID Branding, a Portland-based commercial art and graphic design firm, previously subleased the space from DPR Construction Inc. after the commercial contractor pulled out of Portland.

Mike Gray The Gray Company Realty represented the owner, Pac-Hill Limited Partnership. Eric Haskins of Grubb & Ellis represented ID Branding.

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Panthers pounce, shut down rival
In staying strong against Canton, Franklin shows maturity, confidence

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It’s one thing to shake a monkey off your back. It’s another to grab it by the scruff of its neck and toss it away.That’s what the Franklin High girls’ hockey team did by shutting out visiting Canton, 3-0, on Saturday.For the better part of a decade, it has been Canton, and then everyone else. Over the past 10 seasons, the Bulldogs are 50-7-1, with three state titles.”I knew it was going to be a dogfight. I just wanted to keep it close,” said Margie Burke, in her second year as Franklin’s coach.Burke was not overly confident, but she knew her team had a chance. Once the puck dropped, however, the Panthers didn’t need luck - they created their own opportunities.Not only did they pepper Canton netminder Arielle Spadea with shots, they silenced star forward Brittany Lyons (157 goals in her first three high school seasons), making her night miserable by pouncing on her as soon as she got the puck.Up 2-0 entering the third period, the Panthers secured the win when junior Melissa Coughlin made the play of the night. As Franklin killed off a five-on-three disadvantage after two penalties, Coughlin blocked a Lyons shot, collected the puck, skated down the wing, and fooled Spadea for a short handed marker.Coughlin’s tally ensured that Franklin would not suffer the same fate as it did last January, when the Panthers had a two-goal lead on Canton going into the final frame and lost, 5-2.”That was huge,” Burke said of Coughlin’s play. “She was out on the ice for, like, six minutes, broke up the play against their number one player, then skated down and clinched the game for us.”It was the biggest win ever for a program in its fourth varsity season after three years as a club. For Burke, it was to not sound cliched.”You hear all that corny stuff on TV” when a team “wins the …

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Formerly a Senior Vice President, Business Area Manager with bioMerieux of Lyon, France - a billion-euro global diagnostics company - Mr. Sztukowski was responsible for bioMerieux product development as well as global business and marketing strategies for the company’s core business of Microbiology. Prior to bioMerieux, Mr. Sztukowski was President of Remel, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of microbiology products. His experience also includes 13 years with Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division, where he held a series of positions with increasing responsibilities in sales and marketing management which to market leadership in immunoassays.

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ID Branding has signed a new direct lease for 13,602 square feet of office space at the Pacific Building, 520 S.W. Yamhill St.

ID Branding, a Portland-based commercial art and graphic design firm, previously subleased the space from DPR Construction Inc. after the commercial contractor pulled out of Portland.

Mike Gray The Gray Company Realty represented the owner, Pac-Hill Limited Partnership. Eric Haskins of Grubb & Ellis represented ID Branding.

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A registered nurse. A high school math teacher. A Skyline Chili server. A church music director. A stay-at-home mom. An employment trainer.

Twenty diverse people - all sharing one passion - have been chosen by Nick Lachey to represent Greater Cincinnati in NBC’s “Clash of the Choirs” reality competition (8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Channels 5, 2).

“They have brought 20 singers together who never knew each other, and made us sound as one,” marvels John Scott, 27, of Covington.

• Photos: Nick Lachey and his choir

Scott, a Forest Park native, is a diversity seminar leader for United Way of Greater Cincinnati, and music minister at Covington’s Fellowship Church of God. He also sings in Fulfilled, a Christian group, with cousin Carrie Taylor, 38, a stay-at-home mom, who is also in the TV choir.

Lachey and his choir “coach,” Western Michigan University music professor Stephen Zegree, selected the 20 singers from 350 who auditioned Nov. 9-10 at Walnut Hills High School. They range in age from 18 to 47.

The singers will compete on live TV from New York with choirs and stars from Philadelphia (R&B star Patti LaBelle); New Haven, Conn. (pop singer Michael Bolton); Houston (Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child); and Oklahoma City (country musician Blake Shelton). They will perform pop, R&B, country, Christmas and gospel music, says Jason Raff, executive producer.

“It was very tough. I heard so many great voices. It ultimately came down to how those voices would blend together,” says Lachey, 34, a former College Hill resident and 1992 School for Creative & Performing Arts graduate.

“I had every confidence that we’d find great singers here. Cincinnati has a very rich musical history,” says Lachey, who started singing in the College Hill Presbyterian Church choir in grade school. “This choir represents the city in every walk of life, in every racial background, in every financial background.”

When Lakota West High …